Comedy review.Byline: by Mark Fraser Mark Fraser (born 4 February 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League and now an umpire in the same league. Fraser, from Montmorency, Victoria, is the son of former Essendon Football Club champion Ken, who played 198 games over 11 , by Mark Fraser, Jackie Mason Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza on June 9, 1931, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is an American stand-up comedian. His "politically incorrect" routines and opinionated observations on Jewish and American life have often provoked controversy. , St David's Hall St David's Hall (Welsh: Neuadd Dewi Sant) is a performing arts and venue in the heart of Cardiff city centre, the capital of Wales. St David's Hall is the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales. , Cardiff PUERTO Ricans, Polish people, Jews, Gentiles, women, the British Royal family, Blair, Clinton and Bush. Fat people, runners, smokers, and accountants. Careful as ever not to let anyone feel left out, Jackie Mason gave yet another blinding performance that would offend even the most broad-minded liberal. The Welsh, however, had it easy. Walking on to an audience of apparently a few hundred at St David's Hall last night, our host observes: "I've sold out in London, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pittsburgh. I come to a place I've never heard of - and nobody!" I've seen his act in New York and London, and this newest set was all fresh material - and just as funny. The difference here? Casting an eye over the audience, I'd guess that Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. does not boast your usual die-hard Mason-ette following. But that's Wales' loss. Rabbi Yossi Ives branded Mason "rude but friendly - and ever so Jewish". Mason's biggest laugh of the night war broke out, was reserved for - and remember, PC ain't his thing - Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. who, apparently, is a Jewish accountant from Philadelphia. In his closing address, New Yorker Mason paid tribute to the victims of the US terrorist attacks, but observed that we can not live in misery forever. Seems like a good and valid point to me. |
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